According to The Australian’s Robert Gottliebsen, Victoria’s hotel quarantine program could potentially result in government ministers being prosecuted under the state’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act.
A group of OHS lawyers have used the transcripts from the inquiry into the program to conclude that four ministers and 16 public servants should be prosecuted, as well as four government departments, the Trades Hall Council and the state of Victoria itself.
Self-Employed Australia’s executive director Ken Phillips has written to WorkSafe requesting the prosecutions. Phillips argues that if WorkSafe boss Colin Radford chooses not to prosecute, the OHS Act requires him to explain his reasons for not doing so:
